Greece

EU advises members to resume returning refugees to Greece

Dec 08, 2016 11:17

The European Union says its member states can resume returning the asylum seekers spread across the continent to Greece from March 2017 in an effort to restore the bloc’s refugee policies, which collapsed under a mass influx last year.
General strike in Greece over planned budget cuts

Dec 08, 2016 08:49

Labor unions in Greece have gone on a general strike in protest at a new round of austerity measures demanded by the European Union (EU) and international lenders.
Eurozone ministers gives short-term debt relief to Greece

Dec 06, 2016 09:47

Eurozone finance ministers have approved extending Greece's debt repayment period without cutting the crippling debt burden overall.
Greek public sector workers stage strike against new austerity reforms

Nov 24, 2016 14:58

Greek public sector workers have gone on a nationwide strike to protest against the austerity measures planned by the leftist government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to secure bailout loans from its international lenders.
Attackers throw grendade at French embassy in Athens

Nov 10, 2016 10:55

Assailants on a motorcycle have carried out a grenade attack on the French embassy in the Greek capital, Athens, wounding a security guard.
Pensioners protest new round of planned cuts on pensions in Greece

Nov 03, 2016 15:09

Thousands of retirees have staged a protest in Greece to demand that the government scrap a new round of planned cuts on their pensions.
Greek top court cancels government auction of TV channels

Oct 27, 2016 10:28

Greece’s highest judicial body has ruled that an auction of television licenses conducted by the government last month was flawed, delivering a blow to the country’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, whose left-led administration had held the auction as part of an anti-corruption drive.
Greece rejects UN criticism about deported Syrians

Oct 22, 2016 14:23

Officials in Greece have defended a decision to deport 10 refugees to Turkey, saying none of the Syrians had sought to stay in Greece as claimed by the United Nations refugee agency, also known as the UNHCR.
Thousands of Greek protesters denounce NATO

Oct 21, 2016 04:02

Thousands of protesters have gathered in the Greek capital of Athens to protest against what regard as war-mongering policies of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Greece’s ruling party urges recognition of Palestine

Oct 18, 2016 11:29

Greece’s ruling party, Syriza, has urged the government to recognize Palestine as a state, 10 months after the Greek parliament recommended Athens to do so.